Shoe-nail



(No Modal.)

\ L. STEPHENS.

Patentedreb; 7,1888;

l wif/2Min? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE -y LAWHANOE STEPHENS, OE ST.LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOEOE TWO-'.IHIEDS` TO ALSTON L. RYLAND, OF SAMEPLACE, AND

WEBSTER GROVES, MISSOURI.

CHARLES D. MOODY, OE

sHOEl-NAH. l

SPECIFICATION forming partV of Leiters Patent No; 311.5403,aatear-ebruaryv. laas.

I l Application filed October 15, 1887. Serial No. 252,471. (No model.)

` e To @ZZ when-cit mag/concern:

Be it known that 1, LAWEANOE `STEPHENS,

of St. Loma-Missouri, have made a new anduseful Improvement inShoeNails, of which 5 the following is av full, clear, and exactdescription. p f

Y The particular Shape of the nail, especially of that portion thereof`which may be considered the head, is the feature of the improve- Ioment.

The annexed drawings, making part of this 4, but showing the nail--headsprojecting from the heel.

The Same letters of reference ,denote th same parts.

A represents the'improved Shoe-nail. lts head a, or that portion of thenail which extends laterally to its body a', instead'of being of uniformwidth, is wider at its outer end, a2,

than Where it unitesvvith the body a', 'and the head extends to-,onelside only of the body. The improvement is carried out more perfectly bymaking the head ato taper from its outer end, a2, toits junction withthe body a', and by tapering the body also, substantially as wider` atits outer end a form of nail is obtained which is especially useful foracertain class of shoes. The nails, as illustrated in Fig. 3, can be soapplied to the shoe-heel B,

l vide a continuous metallic protection for the heel at its youter edge,and also to cause the nails, by reason of` their heads being laidgto-Fig. 3 is a bottom View o f a shoe-V Shown in Fig. 1. By making theheadthus and also to other parts of the shoe, as to pro# gether, to braceeach other, So that any strain received bya nail-head is transmitted toand '45 sustained by all the adjacent nail-headsy andA nails.. To thisend the nails may be shaped and combined as Shown at b,-or as shown atb', Fig. 3; but ywhen combinedas at b the Y body a of the 'nail shouldtaper, as shown,

as otherwise the leather or substance ofthe heel is cut awaycontinuously by the insertion.

. of the nails; but when the nails are com-y binedf as shown at b', orwhen only the outer' -end of the nail-head is widened, the necessity 55Y of tapering the nail-body is'not so apparent.

lt is, however, better in all cases to taper the Y Vnail-body, asthereby theheel,` where the nails are inserted,is less liable to be cutcontinuously, and the nails, in consequence, are more firmly held inplace.v The precise form of nail shown-.-l l namely, one tapering fromthe outer end of2 the nail-head to the point of the naihbodyis, further,a'desirable one, in that the blank C, Fig. 2, fromwhich the nail ismade, in turn can be readilykand economically prepared from ametallicplate. 'j j ,Y The present nail can vbe `-used. upon boots aswellasshoes, and, while especially adapted to shoes and boots, purposes.,Iclaimf 1. Thejherein-described shoe-nail formed of l a singlepiece ofmetal, tapering as described, its head bent at right angles'to the body,and 7 5 `Wider at the outer end than where it nnites with the nail-body.y 2. The combination of the nails A, each having its head a widestfatits outer end, a, and bent at right angles to the tapering body a', withthe heel B, whereby the-heel is provided at its outer edge with ametallic protection.

1 LAWRANGE S'IEPIZLENS, ,4

Witnesses:

Y C. D. MOODY,

it can' be used for other 7o."

